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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit
Posted by: Graham Weeks
Date/Time: 11/12/17 21:18:00

'That was some week for the Prime Minister. At the beginning of the week she was dead in the water and a complete flop. At the end she is superwoman – having faced down the might of the EU and taken the Brexit negotiation on to another level. Her job is now safe (until after Christmas) and almost everyone is satisfied. Those who want Brexit are saying that we are on our way – out of the ECJ, out of the Single Market and Customs Union – and into a bright new world of free trade alliances and freedom.   Those who want the EU are saying that we are on our way to staying in the SM and CU so whats the point of Brexit anyway?   (Its ironic that they do not see that claiming the British people did not vote to leave the SM doesn’t quite square with s'taying in the SM is basically the same as staying in the EU').   It all depends what paper you read and whose Twitter feeds or Facebook page you follow.

As regards Mrs May it is possible that as Juncker and Barnier declared, she is a brilliant leader and negotiator who has compelled the EU to back down and compromise. She could be the first Tory Premier in living memory who has either been deceived by the EU or deceived the British people.  Where Margaret Thatcher failed, she will succeed.

Or it could be that she is just the same as the rest. Living in a fantasy world, thinking that the EU will compromise and give her what she wants. When Juncker and Barnier are putting their arms around you and telling you ‘welcome to the club’, you know there is something wrong! When the arch-europhile Ken Clark congratulates the Prime Minister on her negotiations one wonders what is going on.   Perhaps rather than being Thatcher, she is like Chamberlain, returning from Brussells with a piece of paper saying ‘Brexit in our time’!

But there is a third option.   My fear is not that the Prime Minister is being fooled but that she knows exactly what is going on, and that she will get exactly what she wants.   downloadRemember she did vote to remain. Britain will in effect remain in the EU – if not in name- at least in practice.   The EU will use the excuse of the Irish border to ensure that the UK stays regulated and controlled by the EU. Then they will have the best of all worlds – a Britain unable to trade freely with the rest of the world and a Europe unhindered by British politicians who don’t buy into the federalist dream of Schulz et al.

It is the latter case that seems to me the most likely.   The political class are as a whole, thoroughly wedded to the EU. Most of the Tories, the Nationalists (whether Irish, Scottish or Welsh), the Lib-Dems and the Blairite Labourites will go along with this vision/nightmare. A sign of this establishment unity is indicated by a grand banquet which was held in London recently. The guest speakers were strongly anti-Brexit; Chuka Umunna, Anna Soubry and Nick Clegg.  The dinner cost £2,000 a head so it is no surprise that it was the elites city fat cats, the bankers and politicians, all determined to overturn Brexit. In that sense I do not see much difference between most of the political parties. Brown/Blair/Campbell/Osbourn/May/Hammond/Starmer/Sturgeon/Lucas/Cable are all basically of the same ilk.   Its strange to say but probably the only hope for those who want Britain out of the EU is Corbyn, who if he remains consistent to his life time political philosophy is Bennite in his rejection of the centralized Thatcherite Single Market.

One of the many ironies of this is that the DUP will end up giving up the independence of the UK, in order to keep Northern Ireland in the UK. But the question then arises – if the UK is subject to the EU does it really matter whether Northern Ireland is subject to the EU, in or out of the UK?

“We’d go from being a member of the internal market to being a subject of it. We’d check out but never leave.” - Spiked'


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Brexit28/08/17 16:16:00 Graham Weeks
   Re:Brexit28/08/17 17:13:00 Andy Jones
      Re:Re:Brexit29/08/17 02:27:00 Graham Weeks
         Re:Re:Re:Brexit29/08/17 10:21:00 Andy Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit29/08/17 10:52:00 Penelope Crocker
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit29/08/17 15:11:00 Graham Weeks
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit29/08/17 15:35:00 Penelope Crocker
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit29/08/17 15:43:00 Graham Weeks
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit29/08/17 18:55:00 Helena Cavanagh
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit05/09/17 08:23:00 Paul James
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit05/09/17 09:40:00 Graham Weeks
         Re:Re:Re:Brexit30/08/17 19:06:00 Libby Kemp
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit30/08/17 22:44:00 Graham Weeks
   Re:Brexit30/08/17 10:55:00 Peter Chadburn
      Re:Re:Brexit30/08/17 12:20:00 Andy Jones
         Re:Re:Re:Brexit30/08/17 12:37:00 Peter Chadburn
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit31/08/17 15:58:00 Andy Jones
   Re:Brexit30/08/17 22:30:00 Peter Yale
      Re:Re:Brexit31/08/17 10:49:00 Penelope Crocker
         Re:Re:Re:Brexit31/08/17 14:17:00 Andy Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit31/08/17 14:37:00 Graham Weeks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit31/08/17 15:06:00 Andy Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit31/08/17 20:01:00 Vlod Barchuk
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit01/09/17 09:44:00 Andy Jones
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit01/09/17 11:11:00 Vlod Barchuk
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit01/09/17 14:40:00 Andy Jones
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit01/09/17 16:30:00 Peter Chadburn
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit05/09/17 20:54:00 Vlod Barchuk
         Re:Re:Re:Brexit31/08/17 14:28:00 Graham Weeks
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit31/08/17 16:00:00 Peter Chadburn
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit01/09/17 09:57:00 Keith Iddon
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit03/09/17 09:09:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit04/09/17 06:16:00 Graham Weeks
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit09/09/17 17:34:00 Peter Yale
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit04/09/17 07:35:00 Keith Iddon
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit04/09/17 08:33:00 Andy Jones
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit04/09/17 14:33:00 Graham Weeks
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit05/09/17 06:17:00 Andy Jones
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit06/09/17 05:30:00 Graham Weeks
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit06/09/17 12:36:00 Peter Chadburn
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit07/09/17 10:43:00 Andy Jones
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit07/09/17 11:12:00 Peter Chadburn
   Re:Brexit01/09/17 09:58:00 Tony Wood
   Re:Brexit05/09/17 08:25:00 Paul James
   Re:Brexit07/09/17 15:05:00 Brian Conneller
      Re:Re:Brexit07/09/17 16:04:00 Penelope Crocker
         Re:Re:Re:Brexit08/09/17 16:02:00 Brian Conneller
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit08/09/17 18:13:00 Graham Weeks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit11/09/17 08:18:00 Andy Jones
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit11/09/17 10:03:00 Penelope Crocker
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit12/09/17 08:36:00 Helena Cavanagh
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 08:10:00 Graham Weeks
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 09:30:00 Peter Chadburn
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 10:54:00 Keith Iddon
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 11:28:00 Graham Weeks
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 13:33:00 Peter Chadburn
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 13:56:00 Penelope Crocker
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 14:29:00 Keith Iddon
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 14:53:00 Penelope Crocker
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 15:02:00 Bob Little
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 15:05:00 Penelope Crocker
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit13/09/17 17:28:00 Keith Iddon
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit14/09/17 09:54:00 Brian Davis
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit14/09/17 11:38:00 Andy Jones
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit14/09/17 14:49:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit15/09/17 18:26:00 Vlod Barchuk
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit16/09/17 07:38:00 Andy Jones
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit16/09/17 09:34:00 Keith Iddon
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit16/09/17 10:46:00 Martin C. Harris
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit16/09/17 11:07:00 Graham Weeks
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit16/09/17 14:29:00 Keith Iddon
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit16/09/17 14:29:00 Keith Iddon
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit16/09/17 18:06:00 Vlod Barchuk
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit17/09/17 13:32:00 Andy Jones
                                                            Ever closer union?17/09/17 15:59:00 Keith Iddon
                                                               Re:Ever closer union?18/09/17 09:28:00 Andy Jones
                                                                  Re:Re:Ever closer union?18/09/17 09:50:00 Keith Iddon
                                                                  Re:Re:Ever closer union?18/09/17 10:10:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Ever closer union?18/09/17 11:08:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Ever closer union?18/09/17 13:09:00 Keith Iddon
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Ever closer union?18/09/17 13:58:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ever closer union?18/09/17 16:07:00 Paul Corcoran
                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ever closer union?19/09/17 08:38:00 Andy Jones
                                                                                 The debate in four views20/09/17 09:10:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                    Re:The debate in four views20/09/17 10:02:00 Lee Page
                                                                                       Re:Re:The debate in four views20/09/17 15:51:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Ever closer union?20/09/17 16:27:00 Vlod Barchuk
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ever closer union?20/09/17 16:48:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ever closer union?21/09/17 10:21:00 Andy Jones
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit04/01/18 11:57:00 Judith Jaafar
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit04/01/18 12:09:00 Graham Weeks
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit04/01/18 12:14:00 Peter Chadburn
   Projections for 'No Deal'15/10/17 17:40:00 Andy Jones
      Re:Projections for 'No Deal'15/10/17 22:42:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re:Projections for 'No Deal'16/10/17 07:17:00 Andy Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Projections for 'No Deal'16/10/17 09:27:00 Penelope Crocker
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Projections for 'No Deal'16/10/17 17:39:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:Brexit19/10/17 10:17:00 Nick Foote
      Re:Re:Brexit19/10/17 21:24:00 Susan Rowe
         Re:Re:Re:Brexit20/10/17 20:25:00 Andy Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit21/10/17 09:48:00 Helena Cavanagh
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit02/11/17 08:21:00 Graham Weeks
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit02/11/17 08:50:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit02/11/17 09:46:00 Penelope Crocker
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit02/11/17 15:44:00 Graham Weeks
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit02/11/17 12:29:00 Graham Weeks
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit02/11/17 15:00:00 Andy Jones
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit02/11/17 16:04:00 Graham Weeks
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit03/11/17 11:00:00 Helena Cavanagh
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit03/11/17 12:25:00 Penelope Crocker
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit17/11/17 06:08:00 Graham Weeks
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit17/11/17 06:10:00 Graham Weeks
                                          Brexit at the golf club17/11/17 06:11:00 Graham Weeks
                                             Re:Brexit at the golf club17/11/17 07:14:00 Keith Iddon
                                                Re:Re:Brexit at the golf club17/11/17 07:47:00 Graham Weeks
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Brexit at the golf club17/11/17 08:10:00 Keith Iddon
                                                Re:Re:Brexit at the golf club17/11/17 16:26:00 Paul James
                                             Re:Brexit at the golf club17/11/17 16:25:00 Paul James
                                                Re:Re:Brexit at the golf club17/11/17 16:48:00 Keith Iddon
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Brexit at the golf club20/11/17 09:41:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit at the golf club20/11/17 09:56:00 Graham Weeks
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit at the golf club20/11/17 17:37:00 Andy Jones
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 24/11/17 16:57:00 Graham Weeks
                                                               Why is EU Immigration Rising?29/11/17 07:53:00 Andy Jones
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 05/12/17 16:49:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 06/12/17 11:25:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 06/12/17 12:52:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 06/12/17 13:42:00 Andy Jones
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 06/12/17 14:58:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 07/12/17 09:21:00 Andy Jones
                                                                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 08/12/17 20:56:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 08/12/17 22:08:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 09/12/17 05:05:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 10/12/17 04:25:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 11/12/17 21:18:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 11/12/17 22:28:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 12/12/17 05:22:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 12/12/17 21:14:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit 13/12/17 08:26:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                                                                            Re: Brexit 14/12/17 16:33:00 Susan Rowe
                                                                                                               Re:Re: Brexit 14/12/17 16:47:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                                                                                  Re:Re:Re: Brexit 14/12/17 17:00:00 Leslie Bailey
                                                                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 14/12/17 17:23:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 14/12/17 18:24:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 29/12/17 10:48:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 29/12/17 15:23:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                                                                                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 12/01/18 12:58:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                                                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 12/01/18 13:06:00 Peter Chadburn
                                                                                                                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 12/01/18 13:18:00 Penelope Crocker
                                                                                                                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 12/01/18 14:28:00 Graham Weeks
                                                                                                                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 12/01/18 15:05:00 Peter Chadburn
                                                                                                                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Brexit 22/01/18 13:57:00 Graham Weeks
   Re:Brexit17/03/18 08:14:00 Graham Weeks
      Re:Re:Brexit17/03/18 19:33:00 Graham Weeks
         Re:Re:Re:Brexit18/03/18 12:06:00 Philippa Bond
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit18/03/18 13:32:00 Andy Jones
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit19/03/18 08:02:00 Graham Weeks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Brexit19/03/18 17:41:00 Peter Chadburn

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